My point was, there are so many link layers. These link layers run
other
transport than TCP and TCP would be one of the options. Do ALL of
these
link layers adapt/optimize their setting for TCP or would it be
easier if TCP
does the adaptation?
Yes, I agree, optimizing both would be the best of all, but
most likely would
not really happen, just my opinion.
-----Original Message-----
> From: Nitin H Vaidya [SMTP:vaidya@cs.tamu.edu]
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 1998 1:38 PM
> To: Qaddoura, Emad [RICH2:IP10-M:EXCH]; pilc@lerc.nasa.gov
> Subject: Re: TCP over wireless type links
>
>
> >> From Emad.Qaddoura.emadq@nt.com Mon Dec 14 12:59:42 1998
> ...
> >> It would also be hard to imagine that many link layers will adapt to
> >> TCP requirements. It would
> >> seem more of a managable problem to have TCP adapt to different
> link
> >> behaviors. Therefore, the
>
> Can you elaborate why it is more manageable to change TCP as compared
> to the link layer. What if link layer adaptation is sufficient
> to yield decent performance - should we still adapt TCP instead?
> I like to think not.
> (granted that link layer alone may not yield optimal
> performance in all scenarios, but it would in some).
>
> - nitin
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